YOUR OWN IMAGINATION

'See your own Imagination at work in plenty!'

 

THE ART

'It is the art to be in touch with the unknown, the unnameable, the mystery of our existence.'

  

CV

Niek van der Valk was born in The Netherlands close to the Amsterdam Forest.

He had to recover from the violence at home for years and frequented a.o. the Stedelijk Museum in A'dam. 'The freedom of Karel Appel was fantastic and Im flugelschlag der schwane of Asger Jorn felt very close'. Later a.o. Willem de Kooning! It turned out to be crucial years for his development as an artist.

 Last education: Pedagogic Academy, Amsterdam. Not finished.

Nicest solo exhibitions of his work: Gallery Cricri and Gallery Linka, Amsterdam. 

 

Once, at an exhibition, a woman came to him and said: 'You look around like a bird of prey'. And he responded: 'May I introduce myself, the name is van der Valk. Can I eat you?'

 

He lives in The Netherlands, at this moment above sea level.

In honor of a.o. Led Zeppelin, Brian Eno, Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald, Maria Callas, Bernard Haitink, his mother Anna Clazina, his brothers a.o. Rien and of course the girls.

 

REMBRANDT 

Niek van der Valk lived long in the vicinity of the River Amstel where Rembrandt van Rijn lived. It is good that he never knew Niek might be a descendant of him, otherwise he would have gone on holiday immediately.